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Constitution Is Inherently Principled, Not Progressive

In their recent Politico article, “Constitution is inherently progressive,” John Podesta (former chief of staff to President Clinton and current president of the Center for American Progress) and John Halpin argue that the “values” of the Constitution are progressive, not

NY Times: No More #OWS Coverage for Reporter/Activist

UPDATED. From Politico: Less than 24 hours after Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government posted a video of New York Times freelancer (and former POLITICO/occasional On Media blogger) Natasha Lennard speaking on a panel about Occupy Wall Street, the Times defended her

New Yorkers Rage Over #OccupyWallSt Protesters

From Politico: Downtown New Yorkers furious with the continued presence of the Occupy Wall Street protesters vented angrily at a community board meeting Thursday, according to reports. The desire to complain about the demonstrators was so widespread that the line

Herman Cain Accused of 'Minstrelsy' in New York Times

***UPDATE: Spike Lee begins the charge the Times and Politico called for. In one of the most cruel and vicious personal attacks you’ll ever read, today’s New York Times pretends to wring its oh-so sensitive hands over the following —

Wall Street to Dems: You Can't Have it Both Ways

From Politico: After the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent a recent email urging supporters to sign a petition backing the wave of Occupy Wall Street protests, phones at the party committee started ringing. Banking executives personally called the offices of

President Clinton Appears in 'Funny or Die' Video

—– Politico: The video stars Kevin Spacey, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Kristen Wiig, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen as part of the foundation’s celebrity division, pumping out ideas like not breathing to save the environment. There’s

Politico Reporter Resigns Over Plagiarism

The same website that brings you “anonymous sources” now finds itself axing a reporter who took content from, of all places, the New York Times. Politico says a reporter has resigned after editors determined she had plagiarized stories about transportation,

Is Politico's Dave Catanese A Democrat Party Press Secretary?

Background research on what has been called a bizarre 16 year-old smear being tossed at prospective Republican gubernatorial candidate, Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, potentially by Democrats, turned up some interesting observations about the work of Dave Catanese over at

Politico and 'Occupy Wall Street' Push for Global Taxes

From Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid & Benjamin Johnson: Jumping on the anti-Wall Street media bandwagon, Josh Boak of Politico says Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio’s measure to tax Wall Street has “newfound momentum.” The Soros-funded Think Progress blog quickly jumped

Don't Wait for the Supreme Court; Freeze ObamaCare Now

Many are focused on the Supreme Court’s take-up of the question of the constitutionality of the individual mandate clause in Obamacare as the means to stop President Obama’s signature legislation. However, some of the law has already been funded and